2026 African Energy Week (AEW)

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The 2026 African Energy Week (AEW) will be held from 12-16 October 2026 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Cape Town, South Africa.

SLB will showcase digital technologies, including those developed locally by our experts, across numerous themes, including:

Exploration and Development
Production and Recovery
Industrial Decarbonization
Digital and Al
Renewable Energy Technologies

Date	Time
Monday, 12 October	10:00-17:00
Tuesday, 13 October	09:00-18:00
Wednesday, 14 October	09:00-18:00
Thursday, 15 October	09:00-18:00

All times are in SAST.

SLB strategic conference participants

Date	Time	Speaker	Location	Topic
Tuesday, 13^th October	Opening Ceremony	ND Maduemezia President, Europe and Africa	Hall 1A & Hall 1B	Fireside Chat: Africa’s Oil & Gas Renaissance: Production, Connectivity & Investment
Tuesday, 13^th October	13:55 – 14:40	Jean-Marc Kloss Managing Director, West Africa	Rhino Stage \| Ballroom West	The Energy Leaders Dialogue
Tuesday, 13^th October	14:15 – 15:15	Miguel Baptista Managing Director, Central, East & Southern Africa	Elephant Stage \| Ballroom East	Investing in Angola’s Offshore Future: Scale, Stability and New Capital
Tuesday, 13^th October	15:30 – 16:15	Amanda Fagnou Digital VP - Europe and Africa	Buffalo Stage \| Hall 1.4	Panel Discussion: Data, Power, and Policy: Securing Africa’s Place in the Global Tech Economy
Tuesday, 13^th October	16:35 – 16:40	Andrea Lovatini VP -Exploration Data & Geosolutions	Rhino Stage \| Ballroom West	Keynote
Wednesday, 14^th October	10:35 – 11:45	Nosa Omorodion Country Director, Nigeria	Elephant Stage \| Ballroom East	Invest in Nigeria: Increasing Production, Offshore Exploration and the Revitalisation of Idle wells
Wednesday, 14^th October	10:50 – 11:50	Clausel Nzigou-Nzigou Country Manager, Central Africa	Leopard Stage \| Hall 1B	Invest in Gabon: The Revival and Expansion of Offshore Oil Production
Thursday, 15^th October	09:00 – 10:00	Olivia Djibo Country Manager, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Mauritania	Elephant Stage \| Ballroom East	Invest in the MSGBC Basin: Scaling Gas, LNG and Regional Infrastructure Across West Africa
Thursday, 15^th October	10:30 – 11:30	Miguel Baptista Managing Director, Central, East & Southern Africa	Elephant Stage \| Ballroom East	Invest in Mozambique: Unleashing Africa’s Premier Gas and Upstream Exploration Frontier
Thursday, 15^th October	14:00 – 14:45	Eniola Oludemi Regional Digital Division Director	Lion Stage \| Hall 1A	The Data Driven Basin: How AI Will Reshape Africa’s Next Frontier Discoveries

SLB strategic technical session participants

Date	Time	Speaker	Location	Topic
Tuesday, 13^th October	15:10 – 16:20	Ike Mokogwu Research Scientist – Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery	Innovation Hub \| Technical Hub Stage 2	Arresting Decline & Adding Reserves: Overcoming the challenges of production decline and recovery efficiency with Chemical Solutions
Wednesday, 14^th October	14:35 – 14:50	Paul Freeman Global Exploration Advisor	Innovation Hub \| Technical Hub Stage 2 (Renegade Intel Hub)	Reducing Uncertainty Across the Exploration Value Chain: Illuminating the Subsurface with Advanced Seismic Technologies